A THEMIS FORESIGHT INITIATIVE

THE

INDUSTRIAL

RENAISSANCE

PROJECT

01 – THE CONFLICT

THE ANALOG GAP

A scissors crisis of one-sided innovation breakthroughs

BITS

COMPUTATION
ACCELERATED

Over the past five decades, the most consequential innovation leaps occurred in computation. Hardware and software scaled rapidly, transforming communication, coordination, and entire sectors of the economy. The digital realm reshaped how value is created, distributed, and controlled.

ATOMS

MANUFACTURING
STAGNATED

In the same period, the physical layer stagnated. Materials, energy systems, industrial processes, infrastructure, chemical and biological production did not attract the same scale of investment as computation. As a result, far fewer market-shaping breakthrough innovations emerged in the physical world.

THE PROBLEM

This divergence created an analogue gap: a structural imbalance between information technology and industrial capacity. Software requires advanced industry to translate code into wealth. Industry requires software to service growth.

THE PARADIGM SHIFT

The next wave of breakthrough innovation will emerge increasingly from the physical world, above all from advances in mechanical, chemical, and biological engineering. The innovation paradigm shifts from “Bits vs Atoms” to “Atoms and Bits”.

02 – THE MISSION

THE SOVEREIGNTY
REALITY

Recent tensions between the United States, China, and Europe have made one structural fact unmistakably clear: economic sovereignty rests on productive capacity.

“Sovereignty in the 21st century is not declared. It is manufactured.”

The capacity to design, produce, and deploy advanced industrial systems determines not only economic competitiveness but geopolitical positioning. Nations that command their productive infrastructure command their future.

RECOGNIZED GLOBALLY AS A TOP #10 FUTURIST

Jan Berger

CEO & FOUNDER OF THEMIS FORESIGHT PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD FUTURE STUDIES FEDERATION

“Industrial renaissance means shifting from managing limits to engineering renewal. It means closing cycles, not factories.”

03 – THE FRAMEWORK

GENERATIONAL MARKETS

Henry Ford did not invent the automobile.
He invented an industrial process that generated an enduring market that over 100 years later still grows.

Industrial sovereignty in the 21st century depends on the ability to design markets with generational time horizons. Industrial strength cannot be secured by optimizing existing systems alone. Efficiency improvements remain essential, but they do not determine long-term leadership.

The Industrial Renaissance Project addresses this challenge by identifying long-cycle industrial opportunity spaces and developing the strategic frameworks needed to align innovation, capital, and industrial expansion around them.

04 – PARTNERSHIP

BECOME A PARTNER OF THE INDUSTRIAL RENAISSANCE PROJECT

We invite organizations with a long-term industrial ambition to engage with the Industrial Renaissance Project. We are developing a new industrial blueprint for the next 7 to 10 decades.

STRATEGICS DOCUMENTS

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PRESENTATION

English Pitch Deck

PRESENTATION

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FURTHER INFORMATION

DIRECT CONTACT

Eike Wörrlein

SENIOR MANAGER STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS

contact@themis-foresight.com

+49 170 72 77 325

For organizations seeking direct engagement with the Industrial Renaissance Project, our partnership team is available for strategic conversations.

Tailored partnership models
Direct access to research output
Executive exchange participation

05 — INDUSTRIAL RENAISSANCE

A PLATFORM FOR INDUSTRIAL RENEWAL

Over 100 experts executives, inventors, founders, and research leaders working together to strengthen Europe’s industrial capacity

— PREVIOUS EVENTS

EXCHANGE FORMATS

FUTURE
LABS

Cross-sector leadership forums framing generational industrial markets. Strategic dialogue at the intersection of policy, capital, and technology.

INNOVATION
LABS

Hands-on sessions translating research into technology integration and market design. Where theory meets implementation.

EXECUTIVE
EXCHANGE

Invitation-only leadership circles enabling strategic dialogue. Confidential conversations shaping industrial futures.

PUBLIC
DISCOURSE

A structured communication channel, including a dedicated podcast. Expanding the conversation beyond closed doors.

THE INDUSTRIAL RENAISSANCE PROJECT

Strategic foresight for industrial transformation. Designing generational markets for European industrial sovereignty.

NAVIGATION

CONTACT

Eike Wörrlein Senior Manager Strategic Partnerships contact@themis-foresight.com +49 170 72 77 325